Abstract:
A receiver system includes a blocker detector circuit configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) input signal and detect an existence of a blocker therein, and further configured to output a blocker detection signal indicative of the existence of the blocker. The receiver system further includes a configurable receiver circuit configured to receive the RF input signal and the blocker detection signal, and selectively configure the configurable receiver circuit between a first mode wherein the configurable receiver circuit exhibits first linearity characteristics, and a second mode wherein the configurable receiver circuit exhibits second, different linearity characteristics based on the blocker detection signal.
Abstract:
A mixer-first receiver operates to generate filtering and analog-to-digital conversion concurrently and adaptively, while removing an LNA before a mixer to enable integration with digital baseband circuits. A plurality of switching capacitor arrays are integrated with a hybrid analog-to-digital filtering component. Switching capacitor arrays of the plurality of switching capacitor arrays can be selectively modified to perform both the filtering operation and the conversion operation together. The same switch capacitors of a switching capacitor array can be utilized in one phase of a clock cycle for the filtering and in another phase of the clock cycle for the conversion.
Abstract:
In a phase modulation method enable signals may be sequentially generating based on a clock signal to generate a sequence of enable signals, and a signal is delayed by delay values generated from delay cells based on the sequence of enable signals and digital bit values. A phase modulator may include a first delay circuit configured to: delay a clock signal based on a first delay value to generate a first delayed clock signal, and delay a carrier signal based on the first delayed clock signal to generate a first delayed carrier signal; and a second delay circuit configured to: delay the first delayed clock signal based on a second delay value to generate a second delayed clock signal, and delay the first delayed carrier signal based on the second delayed clock signal to generate a second delayed carrier signal.
Abstract:
A receiver system includes a blocker detector circuit configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) input signal and detect an existence of a blocker therein, and further configured to output a blocker detection signal indicative of the existence of the blocker. The receiver system further includes a configurable receiver circuit configured to receive the RF input signal and the blocker detection signal, and selectively configure the configurable receiver circuit between a first mode wherein the configurable receiver circuit exhibits first linearity characteristics, and a second mode wherein the configurable receiver circuit exhibits second, different linearity characteristics based on the blocker detection signal.
Abstract:
A communication device includes a power amplifier that generates power signals according to one or more operating bands of communication data, with the amplitude being driven and generated in output stages of the power amplifier. The final stage can include an output passive network that suppresses suppress an amplitude modulation-to-phase modulation (AM-PM) distortion. During a back-off power mode a bias of a capacitive unit of the output power network component can be adjusted to minimize an overall capacitance variation. An output passive network can further generate a flat-phase response between dual resonances of operation.
Abstract:
A communication device includes a power amplifier that generates power signals according to one or more operating bands of communication data, with the amplitude being driven and generated in output stages of the power amplifier. The final stage can include an output passive network that suppresses suppress an amplitude modulation-to-phase modulation (AM-PM) distortion. During a back-off power mode a bias of a capacitive unit of the output power network component can be adjusted to minimize an overall capacitance variation. A output passive network can further generate a flat-phase response between dual resonances of operation.
Abstract:
In a phase modulation method enable signals may be sequentially generating based on a clock signal to generate a sequence of enable signals, and a signal is delayed by delay values generated from delay cells based on the sequence of enable signals and digital bit values. A phase modulator may include a first delay circuit configured to: delay a clock signal based on a first delay value to generate a first delayed clock signal, and delay a carrier signal based on the first delayed clock signal to generate a first delayed carrier signal; and a second delay circuit configured to: delay the first delayed clock signal based on a second delay value to generate a second delayed clock signal, and delay the first delayed carrier signal based on the second delayed clock signal to generate a second delayed carrier signal.